School: Scairt (C.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4127)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   vinegar and applying it to the wart, the curing stuff must not be let on for more than three hours. Apply fresh every day.
   Hicoughs were cured by a teaspoonful of common vinegar.
   A wasp's sting was remedied by rubbing the affected parts with raw onion.

   

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2. Local Cures

   

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   Long ago people had several cures which were handed down from the older people. Whooping-cough was cured by drinking remains of milk which a ferret had left after drinking. Long ago a man approaching on a white horse would be asked for a cure for Whooping cough. This would answer whatever it was. Measles were cured by going under a donkey three times

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Riagáin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Informant

   Mr J. Noonan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   67